Furniture shopping in London
 

My wife and I are spending 3 days in London this coming Weekend and hope, among other things, to shop for traditional/classic (ie not modern ) furniture . We will obviously try Harrods and will be based in hotel near there but any other suggestions of good areas or individual shops selling good quality furniture , espescially things we would have difficulty finding in Scotland . My wife heard Chelsea Harbour area was good for interior design shops and fabrics but not sure about furniture . Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Just a suggestion - you could try Selfridges in Oxford St. They seem to sell just about everything else.

I put Furniture into the search function on the LondonTown site and came up with a list, that might help:

http://www.londontown.com/Search/Full/furniture

Kay

Look at Heals in Tottenham Court Road http://www.heals.co.uk/
Waring and Gillow, now part of Allders of Croydon http://www.allders.com/
There are plenty of antique and traditional furniture stores (at high prices) in Knightsbridge, besides Harrods.

Does "traditional" mean antique or repro? If repro: new or second-hand?

And are we talking £100 a dining chair or a couple of thousand?

Though personally, I wouldn't buy furniture in a conventional central London shop. If forced to buy in town, I'd look at the auction rooms, like Lots Road, and leave a bid for whatever took my fancy (try the list at www.infolondon.ukf.net/auctions/furniture.htm). Most of the study this answer's wriiten in came from www.criterion-auctioneers.co.uk.

For stuff you can buy on the spot, there's always the antiques dept of Peter Jones (www.johnlewis.com/Shops/DSTemplate.aspx?Id=493) The most interesting range of merchandise anywhere in any London department store.

Also Liberty if you like craftsman/Arts and Crafts.

Thinking more of Repro rather than genuine antique so certainly not a couple of thousand for a dining chair.Dont mind paying for good quality eg we saw a small occasional table in Dubai by Francesca Molon(?spelling) for about 1200 Pounds which we were considering as it looked good quality .Looking for coffee table , occasional tables etc not too hung up on a narrow specific style just something that would suit our other fairly traditional/classic furniture in an old stone house. Thanks for replies so far